CRN Security News

Here's no doubt that information security is one of the most pressing issues that organizations face today. That's why companies are throwing precious IT dollars at the problem, thinking point solutions such as firewalls and antivirus software will be the silver bullet that helps them sleep soundly. But for true information security, you have to start with a proper ID management, or IDM, solution.

The American National Standards Institute, the Better Business Bureau and a half-dozen companies, including Dell and Microsoft, have teamed up to create a resource where organizations can get standards and guidelines for dealing with identity theft and fraud.

Microsoft has promoted Curt Kolcun to the position of vice president of its federal government business. In his new role, Kolcun intends to grow the business beyond the desktop to mission-critical government applications.

Gateway named Ed Coleman as its new CEO, effective Sept. 18, according to the PC maker. Coleman is currently senior vice president and president of Arrow Electronics' Enterprise Computing Solutions. He will replace Rick Snyder, who has served as Gateway's interim CEO since February after Wayne Inouye resigned.

It's been three years since the Sobig.f worm marked the first big attack in an e-mail attachment. But its role in creating today's flood of phishing attacks and spyware could mean that the next attack cycle will be even more virulent.

In December 2005, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported the first of what, by March 2006, would become 219 cases of the mumps—a dramatic epidemic for a state that the Center for Disease Control said has an average of five cases a year. Fourteen other cases were reported in neighboring states during that time.

Vendor mum on master plan to grow flagging business unit

With its services business struggling to maintain growth rates and analysts calling for improved customer support, Dell has pulled the plug on a deal aimed at expanding its reach in on-site IT services and support.

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